Accessing a JSON variable pre-fixed with a hash (#)
Question
Last.fm seems to put #
symbols in front of some of their variable names for it's JSON API. Have a look at a sample response here. As soon as I try and access #text
with JavaScript I get an invalid symbol error in the console. Any quick fixes or reasons for this hash?
Solution
jQuery is only used to retrieve the data. Accessing the #text
data is done through straight JavaScript syntax, something like data.recenttracks.track.artist["#text"]
You can't do artist.#text
, because #
is an invalid first character symbol to be used for accessing an object member. Use the square brackets instead.
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